Mission Reports

YOUNGSTER ANAESTHETISED Sunday 6th August 2017 – 12.45pm

A young cyclist has been anaesthetised by an air ambulance doctor after a collision with a car.

The incident happened in Ormond Road in Rubery at about 12.45pm on Sunday lunchtime.

An ambulance was on scene in five minutes and was backed up by a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford with the MERIT trauma doctor and a critical care paramedic.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The Trust received a 999 call stating that the 12 year old was on his bike when he was in collision with a car.

“When ambulance staff arrived, there was no car at the scene.

“An off-duty nurse was tending to the child when ambulance staff arrived.

“The youngster had suffered a serious head injury and was not fully conscious. The doctor on the aircraft decided to anaesthetise him at the scene before he was taken on blue lights to the paediatric major trauma centre at Birmingham Children’s Hospital; the doctor and critical care paramedic travelled with the ambulance crew.

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OPERATIONS STATISTICS:

Missions completed since 1991: 49,869 | On average we airlift a child every four days | Road traffic collisions make up around 35% of the incidents we attend | The service airlifts up to three horse riders each week.